Insecto-theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. Illustrated with a Copperplate. By M. Lesser: with Notes, by P. LyonetWilliam Creech; and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, London, 1799 - 439 pages |
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... veffels , one of which was fhut , and the other open . What was the confequence ? A short time afterwards , the open veffel fwarmed with little maggots , that turned afterwards to flies ; while the other did not produce a fingle infect ...
... veffels , one of which was fhut , and the other open . What was the confequence ? A short time afterwards , the open veffel fwarmed with little maggots , that turned afterwards to flies ; while the other did not produce a fingle infect ...
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... veffels ! what di- geftion , what fecretion , what circulation , before that matter is fufficiently purified , and has acquired its neceffary qualities ! Infects which lay eggs have the veffels neceffary for their formation ; they are ...
... veffels ! what di- geftion , what fecretion , what circulation , before that matter is fufficiently purified , and has acquired its neceffary qualities ! Infects which lay eggs have the veffels neceffary for their formation ; they are ...
Page 102
... veffels , fill their limbs , and communicate to them new ftrength . Indeed fome of these animals are content with very little nourishment . 7 1 The organs with which God has endowed infects for taking in their aliment deferve our ...
... veffels , fill their limbs , and communicate to them new ftrength . Indeed fome of these animals are content with very little nourishment . 7 1 The organs with which God has endowed infects for taking in their aliment deferve our ...
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... thus facilitate the transportation of the whole from place to place . The internal organs are formed in fuch a way as to diftribute the food eafily to every part of the the body . We find all the veffels neceffary for 172 INSECTO-
... thus facilitate the transportation of the whole from place to place . The internal organs are formed in fuch a way as to diftribute the food eafily to every part of the the body . We find all the veffels neceffary for 172 INSECTO-
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... veffels neceffary for the fecretion and diftribution of the nutritive juices , and for the excretion of what is fuperfluous , which would otherwise prove hurtful . Can all this be the effect of blind chance ? Is it poffible that any ...
... veffels neceffary for the fecretion and diftribution of the nutritive juices , and for the excretion of what is fuperfluous , which would otherwise prove hurtful . Can all this be the effect of blind chance ? Is it poffible that any ...
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againſt alfo almoſt animalcules animals antennæ aphides appear bafe becauſe bees beetles Befides body butterflies cafe caterpillars caufe cauſe chryfalis clafs colour compofed Creator deftroy depofite difcovered diſeaſes earth eggs elytra exiſtence faid fame fays fecond fects feem feen feet female fenfe ferve feven feveral fhall fhell fhew fhould fide filk fimilar fingle fingular firft firſt fize fkin flies fmall fmell fome infects fometimes foon forts fpecies fpiders ftate ftill fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furniſhed hath himſelf ichneumon iffue inftance itſelf laft Laftly larva larvæ laſt leaſt lefs likewife live locufts male moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nefts nymphs obferved occafion pafs perfons preferve produced purpoſe quadrupeds reafon Reaumur refemble refpect refpiration ſkin ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate thefe thefe infects themſelves theſe thing thofe thorax thoſe threads uſe veffels whofe wifdom wings worms